Shocked drivers and passengers have reported a car driving the wrong way on the M5 motorway in Somerset.

Several motorists and passengers say they called 999 after witnessing the vehicle drive the wrong way down the third lane between Clevedon and Gordano the wrong way.

A number of reports describe a car travelling northbound in the southbound carriageway, on a split-level section where the motorway is high on a hillside above Portishead with a vertical drop on one side of the road.

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One driver said he "met this head-on too in the raised section and had to swerve (fortunately the vehicles I was overtaking saw it and pulled over to the hard shoulder and lane one so I could pull over to the middle). Reported too to 999 and operator said there had been many calls.’

Others recalled being in the outside lane and seeing headlights coming towards them.

Other drivers described having to swerve to avoid the vehicle and having a lucky escape while travelling along the busy road.

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